Read the full article here … “Oakland will slow down a whopping 74 miles of streets to vehicular traffic starting this weekend to give pedestrians, joggers, and cyclists more room for social distancing. It’s part of an emergency measure called…
Talking Headways Podcast: The Vital Link Between Health and Transportation
Read the full article here … “This week we’re joined by Gail Nehls and Leslie Patterson of Envida, a transportation and home care organization. We chat about how transportation can help those with behavioral health concerns such as opioid addictions…
Affordable housing can cost $1 million per apartment in California. Coronavirus could make it worse
Read the full article here … “At $1.1 million per apartment, the Pearl is the priciest affordable housing project in the state and, likely, the country. It also serves as an alarming example of how political, economic and bureaucratic forces…
Coronavirus and Renters: California Should Do More to Protect Tenants
In the face of the COVID-19 crisis, Governor Newsom has risen to the challenge, providing a steady hand and strong, calm leadership. His actions have unquestionably helped keep Californians healthy and mitigated the spread of COVID-19. Despite these many successes,…
How to Beat the High Cost of Construction
Hot off the presses from our friends at UC Berkeley’s Terner Center for Housing Innovation comes another installment of its “Cost of Building Housing Research” Series. Amid global pandemic and economic crisis, it may be difficult to see why construction…
Morning Report: Cities Try to Save Housing Development
Read the full article here … “Basic consumer spending has ground to a halt. With that chunk of economic activity – and the tax revenue that comes with it – out of commission, the state and local governments are desperate…
‘If thousands of people couldn’t pay rent April 1, we’ll have millions in May’
Read the full article here … “Lagging stimulus payments and more expected job losses suggest the problems of April 1 will be that much worse on May 1. Many tenants like Khan might not be able to pay rent, and…
Study: Highway Pollution Exposure Could Be Linked to Higher COVID-19 Death Rates
Read the full article here … “A new nationwide study suggests that people living in neighborhoods with higher levels of fine particulate air pollution are more likely to die from COVID-19 infection than patients who live in areas with cleaner air.…
The Post-Pandemic Urban Future Is Already Here
Read the full article here … “The urban story of the last two decades includes a number of developments, from the highly local to the global, that, like pre-WWII Modernism, could rise in prominence and shape our urban futures long…
Staedler: Reflection, recalibration and housing for the missing middle
Read the full article here … “We should take inventory of what we are thankful for and consider why NIMBY thinking has permeated throughout the Bay Area. I’m frustrated by how little attention the Bay Area has paid to housing…